PC, this is from Cindy's link:
2. The tenant is breaking the lease without subletting. If you wish to break the lease, you should inform your landlord in writing as soon as possible. Your landlord is obligated by law to try to find someone to move in, in order to mitigate damages. The landlord should advertise the vacancy in the newspaper, etc.
If the landlord's attempts at finding someone else to move in are unsuccessful, you may be held responsible for rent for the time the place stays vacant. The more notice the landlord has, the less likely it is that you will have to pay. Once the landlord signs a lease with someone else through the end of your lease, you are no longer responsible for the lease. There is a possibility that, if the landlord signs a lease with someone else for a lower dollar amount, you would be responsible for paying the difference. You may want to help look for a new tenant, thus reducing the risk of getting stuck with the lease.
Your landlord must attempt to find someone else to move in to mitigate damages. You would be required to pay rent for as long as the place stays vacant. It is therefore in your best interest to help find someone to move in.
I think you're fine to continue the lease without worrying too much about what to do if and when you need to break it.
being dumped back out on a one-way access street that would've dumped me on the freeway going the wrong way. Seriously, ALL the crack.
DxH used to work right in that area. Two different places actually. I have memories of those roads. Not fond, but memories. Of the crack-addled roads of Sorrento.
First, P-C I'm sorry all this has happened, but I know you will handle it well.
I'm just dropping in to say that my mom, Ellie, and I are headed to Raleigh because the bar exam starts tomorrow. Vortex was right - I still want to pass, but mostly I just want this test OVER!!
eta: I'm also ignoring the leasing conversation because I don't want any MI law to get mixed up with my NC law.
I may be online some, but I won't be home until it's all over. Wish me luck! (actually, wish me good recall and no surprises)
Once the landlord signs a lease with someone else through the end of your lease, you are no longer responsible for the lease.
Huh. Is this actually the same as subletting? Because usually if you find someone to sublet from you, and they flake out and don't pay or something, then you are still responsible for the unpaid rent.
Is this actually the same as subletting?
Not to my understanding -- subletting is a relationship with you. Re-leasing is a relationship with the landlord.
I may be online some, but I won't be home until it's all over. Wish me luck! (actually, wish me good recall and no surprises)
Good recall and no surprises!
Huh. Is this actually the same as subletting? Because usually if you find someone to sublet from you, and they flake out and don't pay or something, then you are still responsible for the unpaid rent.
No. Well. Per that link, there's one type of subletting, where you find the new renter, but then the landlord transfers the lease to the new renter. Then there's the type you're talking about, where you, the original renter, are responsible. Then there's breaking a lease. When you break a lease, it is in cooperation with your landlord, who advertises the apartment, and if he can rent it out for the same he's renting it to you, he lets you out of your lease, and just gives a new lease to the new tenant. If he can only rent it out for less, or if there's a gap between your tenancy and the next guy's, you are paying the difference, so the landlord doesn't lose out.
Not to my understanding -- subletting is a relationship with you. Re-leasing is a relationship with the landlord.
Hmm. It seems that if you're pretty confident the landlord can find someone to replace you, that you're better off not even finding someone to sublet, because if the landlord finds someone then you're completely off the hook.
eta: somewhat x-posty....
It seems that if you're pretty confident the landlord can find someone to replace you, that you're better off not even finding someone to sublet
True. But if you can find someone to sign a new lease, you're best off.
